Roofing-tile.



M.' HENRY.

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Rooms me. APPLICATION FILED 115.11.10. 1918.

Patented Mar. 11, 1919.

UNITED sTATEs `PATENT OFFICE.

MIGUELHENRY,.0F MANILA, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.

ooFING-TILE.

. Application filed'parnuary 10. 19,18. SerialiNo. 211,107.

Td all whom #may concern j Be it known that I,'MIGUELHENRY, a citizen of the Philippine Islands, the United States, residing at' Manila, Philippine Islands, have invented new anduseful Improvements in Roofing-Tiles, of which the following is a specification.

This inventionrelates to tiles for roofing and like purposes.

A frequent objection urged against prior roofing tiles is their great weight and comparative weakness; also the difliculty and expense of laying them. In the present invention Iprovide a strong, light, inexpensive tile in the form of a substantially rectangular plate having at its marginal sides interlocking connections adapted to coperate with similar connections on the overlapping sides of the adjacent tiles. Owing to the manner in which the tile is constructed it can be made in large sizes, and the character of the interlocking means permits the same to be laid quickly and easily.

One form which my invention may assume is exemplied in the following description and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 shows a perspective view of a tile embodyingmy invention.

Fig. 2 shows a perspective view of the same in inverted position.

Fig. 3 shows a plan view of a number of thesfe tiles laid together as in forming a roo Fig. 4 shows asectional view taken on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 shows a sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 6 shows a sectional view taken on the line 6- 6 of Fig. 3.V

As herein shown the tile comprises a substantially rectangular plate 10 having on its upper edge a marginal channel 11 arranged on the top surface and formed by means of upstanding parallel strips or ribs 12 and-13 respectively, the strip 12 at the outside being preferably higher than the inside strip 13. One vertical edge has a channel 14 onlits top surface formed by means of parallel spaced strips 15, and the opposite vertical edge has an upwardly arched iange 16 on the under side of which is a tongue 17 adapted to enter the channel 14 of an adjacent tile with which it overlaps,the terminal edge of the said arched fiange being extended 'down- Specification-of Letters Patent.

Patenteaiuar. 11', 1919.

wardly, as shown at 18, to fit against the outside face of the remote stripk 15 of the channel on the adjacent tile. Said downwardly extending edge 18 is notched at onev end, as shown at 19, to permit it to lit over the upstanding strip 12 of the adjacent tile, the said strip 12 being also notched if desired, as shown at 20, to coperate with the notch 19. The lower side of the plate 10 has a marginal channel 21 formed on its Vbottom surface by means ofspaced strips 22fand 23,

the strip or wall 22 being at the outside and A preferably made higher than the inside strip 23.

This channel 21, as shown in Fig. 5, coperates with the channel on an adjacent tile, the shallower strip 23 of the overlapping tile entering between the strips 12 and 13 of the underlying tile and the remaining strip 22 fitting against the outside face of the strip 13 on the adjacent tile. The strip 22 extends upwardly with a bend 24 and continues out to the end of the arch-shaped Hange 16 to close the end of the channel of the latter, the opposite end of said channel being open. The end of the strip 22 remote Y from the flange 16 terminates short of the channel k14,being provided with a lbeveled end 25, and the adjacent corner of the tile plate is provided with a countersink 26 on its under side in which another shallow rib 27 is arranged as a continuation of the strip 23. This countersink provides a space for the shallow ribs 28 formed on the top of the arched flange 16 in continuation of the strips 1.2 and 13 of an adjacent tile, the rib 27 fitting between said ribs 28. Also the corner of the tile plate at this point is cut away, as shown at 30, to receive the extension 24 of the strip 22 on an adjacent tile.

The body portion of each tile is preferably reinforced by diagonal ribs 31 on its under surface as shown in Fig. 2. Also on the under surface is a lug 32 adapted t0 fit against a transversely extending frame memberl 33 of a roof to vprevent displacement of the tile.

When laid up to form a roof the tiles are overlapped at their four sides and have c0- operating channels andl tongues to interlock to prevent passage of moisture between the joints. If desired, these joints may be sealed with tar or other suitable material.-

Various changes in the construction and arrangement of the several parts herein shown and described may be employed without departing from the spirit of my invention as disclosed in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. An interlocking tile comprising a substantially rectangular fiat body having an upwardly arched flange along one side and an upstanding wall along the opposite side to engage in an overlying arched flange oi' a laterally adjacent tile, a transverse upstanding rib on one end of the arched liangc, and a countersink in the under face of the diagonallyv opposite corner of the tile adapted to receive the transverse rib ot a second adjacent tile and provided with a shallowY rib to interlock with said transverse rib.

2. A roof made up of a plurality of substantially rectagular tiles, each having an upwardly arched flange along one side with a depending tongue within the archway to interlock over an upstanding wall on the opposite side of a laterally adjacent tile, a depending wall on the lower edge of the tile extending across the adjacent end of the arched flange to entirely close the archway on both sides of the depending' tongue, the extreme end of said depending wall being cut away below the outer wall of said arched ange to overhang the outer Hange wall of witnesses.

MGUEL HENRY. llilitnesses Y R. SANTO, V. TRINIDAD.

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